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Boreas Campers has launched a base camping trailer for buyers who want tough, zero-wood construction without laying out $30 grand. The new metal-and-composite AT takes the same form as the fully equipped XT but lets buyers spec it out themselves.

Construction work is still ongoing on China's massive Raffles City Chongqing project but its most notable feature, the "horizontal skyscraper," has now opened to visitors. The stunning skybridge boasts a park and a glass-bottomed observation point.

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$187 million contract to design the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) crew module for NASA's Gateway deep space outpost. The HALO will provide pressurized living quarters for visiting astronauts.

When it comes to monitoring electrical activity in the brain, patients typically have to lie inside a large magnetoencephalography (MEG) machine. That could soon change, as scientists have developed a new version of a helmet that does the same job.

Though we have easy access to high quality music like never before, there's something strangely satisfying about the tinkle tinkle of a music box. With the Muro Box you can load up different tunes using a smartphone app, and even create your own.

Stefano Boeri Architetti is responsible for some of the most impressive greenery-covered buildings we've reported on, but with its Tirana Riverside project, it plans an entire greenery-filled neighborhood in Albania.

Technology could really use some more sustainable sources, and now researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have turned to an unusual one. The team has shown that human hair from barber shops can be used to create OLED displays.

Japanese Diesel engine manufacturer Yanmar has signaled its intention to bring hydrogen fuel cells to the consumer marine market, collaborating with Toyota to develop the technology and prototype it in a small boat by the end of the year.

If you're the type of person that needs a change of scenery throughout the day, this Portable Lap Desk Lazy Table is the perfect accessory to complement your environment, no matter where you are. Best yet, this lap desk is now over 30% off.

One area where metal organic frameworks have real potential is in the field of carbon capture, which a team of researchers has demonstrated with a sponge-like device that adsorbs CO2 using just a third of the energy required by other methods.

For people who rely on Braille, reading displays and signs in public can be a challenge, but a new system could help. HaptiRead is a haptic feedback device that uses ultrasound pulses in precise patterns to reproduce Braille text in midair.

Canadian gearmaker VSSL has caught our eye of late with its sleek, flashlight-inspired tubes that pack impressive arrays of essential items inside, and now it’s back with its most compact version yet, the First Aid Mini.